This imposing rear-engine race car is the Maserati 5-liter V8-powered Cooper Monaco in which Roy Salvadori drove the last full season of his professional career. This is a pre-CanAm unlimited capacity Sport class car.

As Doug Nye wrote in his book "Cooper Cars" (Osprey, 1987): "This Atkins car was the ultimate Cooper Monaco. It had a reinforced tubular frame with a 20-gauge sheet steel undertray, riveted and welded in place Its independent coil-and-wishbone suspension followed contemporary F1 practice, except for outboard rather than inboard front coil/shock mounts. The Maserati V8 engine had a bore and stroke. of 94 x 89 mm, displacing 4941 cc and produced around 430 hp at 7000 rpm It was a powerful engine and with a heavy Colotti Type 37 gearbox and Mercedes SL derived half shafts. resided in the nose, in front of the regulation usable sized spare wheel, which required a 3 inch higher profile than normal in the nose body panels. The car made its racing debut unpainted at Silverstone, and little. after winning his first race at Whitsun Goodwood…”.